How to (Privately!) Surf the Internet

by Dan Lew and John Benninghoff | at Minnebar 19

In this day and age, it feels like everything you do online is tracked, analyzed, and used against you. Don’t despair - privacy is not a lost cause! It is possible to use the internet without everyone tracking your every action.

In this talk we’ll go over how to keep your information to yourself. We’ll discuss various levels of privacy & the tools you can use to achieve it.

All levels

Dan Lew

Dan Lew has code in his DNA and has been speaking since he was two years old. He's focused these skills on software development for the past two decades, working on many large applications (FlightTrack, Expedia, Trello) as well as maintaining some open source libraries and applications. Currently he works on the energy efficiency in cold storage at SnoFox Sciences.

When not speaking, he's silent.

You can contact him on Bluesky, read his website, or stalk his commit history.

John Benninghoff

John Benninghoff's interest in cybersecurity began in 1985 when he read the book Out of the Inner Circle: A Hacker's Guide to Computer Security, and found a way to get paid to do it starting in 1998. He currently consults through his company, Security Differently.

John has also done work in exploratory data analysis and visualization, risk analysis and quantification, Site Reliability Engineering, and writing code in R. John holds a Masters Degree in Safety Science from Trinity College Dublin, where his research focus was on applying safety principles to technology. Outside of work, John enjoys spending time outdoors, hiking running, and camping.

Links to all his current and past work can be found at https://jbenninghoff.com.


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